Lighting-fixture.



E. F. GUTH.

LIGHTING FIXTURE.

APPLlCATlON FILED JAN. 15. 1917.

1,248,849, Patented Dec. 4, 1917 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN F. GUTH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR 'IO ST. LOUIS BRASS MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

LIGHTING-FIXTURE.

the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My'invention relates to improved means for supporting light shields, such as globes,

bowls or shades,in operative relation with the other parts of a lighting fixture. Although holding means constructed in accordance with my invention is applicable to many common forms of light shields, it is particularly advantageous for use in supporting bowls whose greatest diameter is below the top of the bowl to which the supporting means is applied, and which therefore cannot pass through a closed supporting ring. And it is one of the principal objects of my invention to provide a cheap, eflicient and easily applied means for holding such bowls in proper position in the fixture, a further object being to so arrange the holding means that it serves as a hinged support for the bowl, whereb one side of the owl' may be dropped down from the fixture and access had to the interior of the fixture for cleaning the same and the replacement of the'lamp. Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear from the following more detailed description.

Inthe accompanying drawings, wvhich illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a crosssection of a fixture with the parts in assembled and normal relation; Fig. 2 is a side elevation showin the fixture with the bowl turned downwar on its hinged support and in what may be termed its dropped down position; Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate means for attaching the holder to the canopy or main support at a point preferably opposite the hinged portion of the holder; Fig. 5 is a top plan' view of the holder.

1 represents the main supporting ring, which may be the cano y in a ceiling type of fixture, and 2 a bow or shade inclosing the lamp. 3. The bowl is rovided with the usual lip, as shown. The older 4 is in the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 191 '7.

Application filed January 15, 1917. Serial No. 142,397.

form of an open ring, preferably of resilient material, such as spring wire, and the ends of this ring are extended and turned downwardly to form hooks 5 which enter and engage with the opening 6 in the canopy. The holder, at a point preferably opposite the hooked portions, is provided with an extension 7 adapted to enter a downwardly extending opening 8 in the canopy, and to be suitably held in such opening.

In assembling the fixture the ring holder is applied around the bowl beneath the lip by spreading, it' necessary, and its hooked ends 5 are held sufliciently close together to permit both to enter the openin 6. The width of this opening is so restricted that when the hooks have been inserted they cannot spread apart sufliciently to permit the lip of the bowl to pass through the holder, and the bowl is therefore securely supported on the canopy, and by engaging the extension 7 with the canopy the bowl is brought into its normal position. The extension 7 may be engaged with the canopy in any suitable manner, such as by providing the canopy with the form of notch shown in Fig. 3, or by providing it with a sliding bar 9, such as is shown in Fig. 5, which is adapted to pass under the extension 7.

It will be noted that the holder described forms a very cheap and simple means of supporting the bowl, and at the same time forms a suitable hinge whereby access may be had to the interior of the fixture without entirely separating the bowl therefrom. The form of hinge provided by this holder is an improvement over the pivoted hinge which has heretofore been generally used for attaching the bowl supporting ring to the canopy, and which usually gets out of order or is broken after a short periodof service.

I am aware that 5 )ring rings have heretofore been employe for supporting light shields, but no constructions wi h which I am acquainted have the characteristics and advantages of my invention. i

Modifications may be made in the form of holder herein described without de arting from the essential characteristics t ereof, and I therefore do 'not intend that the.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the Dnlted States 1s:

1. In a lighting fixture, the combination of a light shield, a main support therefor,

an open holder ring adapted to be placed around the shield and having its ends provided with hooks. and lneans on the main support for engaging with said hooks whereby the shield is supported in hinged rela tion with the main support.

2. In a lighting fixture, the combination of a light shield, a main support therefor, an open holder ring adapted to be placed around the shield and having its ends provided with hooks, and menas on the main support for engaging with said hooks where by the holder is supported in hinged relation with the main support and is maintained in position on the shield.

A holder for globes, bowls and the like comprising a one-piece open ring having a hook formed on each end, said hooks extending substantially at right angles to the plane of the ring, and a supporting extension spaced from the hooks.

4. In a lighting fixture, the combination of a light shield, a support therefor, a holder ring adapted tdengage with the shield, said ring having a bent portion for engagement with the main support, and means on the main support cooperating With said bent portion to form a hinge capable of supporting the shield in a dropped down position with reference to the support.

In a lighting fixture, the combination of a light shield, a support therefor, a holder ring adapted to engage with the shield, said ring having a bent portion for engagement with the main support, means on the main support cooperating with said bended portion to form a hinge capable of supporting the shield in a dropped down position with reference to the support, and additional means for connecting the ring to the support, said means being engageable after the parts forn'iing the hinge have been engaged.

(3. In a lighting fixture, the combination of a light shield. a main support therefor, an open holder ring adapted to be placed around the shield and having its ends provided with hooks formed at an angle to the plane of the ring, the main support being provided "With means to engage with said hooks to form a hinge, and an extension on the ring and spaced from the hooks, said main support alsobeing provided with a recess opening downwardly to receive the said extension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal.

EDWIN F. GUTI-I. 1). 5. 

